Gallery: Misfit's Wearables Hide Their Tech Behind Cool Minimalism
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At CES this week, Misfit Wearables debuted two new products. The Ray wrist-worn activity tracker is seen here.
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This is Specter. The earbuds come with an inconspicuous clip-on disc that contains a battery, Bluetooth circuitry, and an accelerometer, and communicates with your device to do things like queue up playlists and store activity data.
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“We see headphones as a natural progression of wearables for us,” says product lead Tim Golnik. These are meant to combine strong battery life with the slickness of earbuds.
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Ray looks like a bullet cartridge dipped in carbon black or rose gold, a form factor that evolved in response to the geometric redundancy that happened when Shine users also wore a watch.
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“Everything we’ve done up to this point has been a circular form factor,” Golnik says. "But if you wear a watch on the same wrist as your Shine, he says, "you’re putting two circles on one wrist." Wearing your watch and your Shine on opposite wrists doesn't quite work, either. "You get this Wonder Woman cuff look.”
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It's still early days for Specter, but Ray is available now for pre-orders, at $100.
